Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-03-30
busy DAr.


=, ..are of the Primary Eisctiou Law
Tbe boundary Lsw-rho Deiswars
1eiephons Company.
DOVER, March 20 To-day WAS q
very busy day In both branches, ard IN
early adjournment was taken no rs 10
allow tho mem hers TO SO 10 Whining.
ton Ard visit the Battle OF Gettysburg
on exhibition there.
Rtp.ese ntatlye Msgee made his ap
pear 90 oe In the HOUSE, recovered fro N
His recsnt severe Illness.
sMr, Norney introduced Joint reso
luton In tho House to-day appropri
atlps $3.50 for tho expense pf the
fuit In the Supreme Court oi
the United States Tue money IL to bs
used In paying the necessary expen enses
of the snit that has been peudlng foI
several yesrs past iD relation to the
limit q, which the Jurisdiction Of Della
vnre euds on the Delaware shore. Ac.
company ing the bill was Q letter from
senator Gray and George II. Bates.
E,q., setting forth the necessity for the
money.
Mr.. Nornsy read . very interesting z
report OF the titls OF Delaware TO the
disputed territory aud showed the i'm.
porlance OF Delaware maintaining tke
suit. Mr NAPLES objected TO the i'm.
mediate confederation of the resolution,
and 1t went over fo- enc day.
Mr.. Eorney, In moving . second
read ing OF his bill 70 authorizs the
Governor to appoint . commission To
INQUIRE into the best system OF county
and district government, made an OK
planation OF tic bill. He said the
newspapers had entirely misfepreseuted
the me Gaming of tho bill. Thst IL was
not an injury, the object Of which va,
10 amend the constitution, but one In
which the entire power 10 act remains
IN the Legislature.
Toere has been considerable tall
about county extrsvn9 ance. New CAstl'
County had debt Of bali D million ant
Sussex was here trying 70 unload {
debt. He had no doubt that there yer
| better systems of county and hundret
Igovernments than ours which could b.
conducted at saving OF from 25 to D
per cent. This commission was simpl,
to IN vestigate the various systsms AM
report at tho next session OF the Genera
Assembly.
TIE House TO- day passed the primary
election law. Thero WAS evidently
snllen determination on the pnit OF tn
House TO pass the bill, for after the bill
was called up the members did not dis
cuss It. bat quietly went about readin
papers aud voting "ayt' upon eac
section, and every time any pbjeclio ol
was raised to any Of Its provisions, i'm
mediately there Was some one on hi
foet TO fight for tho section as 1t wsl
Every member voted for IL ppou tn
fnal passage.
Barb wire fences met with an ur
Timely death In the Senate this morn
Hing, and barb wire fences are rs the.
Ihave always been, not legal.
Mr. Ware introduced tho Wilmins
ton Deficiency Bill In the House to da,
IThe bill provides that the city is TO bo
jrow $4,000, payable on August
t18s7.
The House passed tho substitute
what has been known as the bill for th
general use OF telephones, which We
reported from the committee 10 u
shape of q substitute, which retains Il
Imonthly rental and the anti-Giscrim
nntion ciauses. Tho reason Mr. Norne
gave for outing out tho clause fixis
tho rate the company should charge Il
the use of the phones was that it wou'
Inot be constitutional for che Legisli
ture to interfere with . persons bus
meas.
Our usually well'informed friend fro'
St. Georges was certainly eff in this r
spect. He certainly has not heard of u
well.known decision upon the Indiar
law, which 10 similar to the one offere'
THAT decision is well SnCwn and hl
Ipever been rev ersed by any court, AT
Ito-jay In Indiana the charges are fixs
by statute.
! The compulsory education bill wi
. reported adversely in the Senate TO ds
and IL was saved from final defeat
DIR. Lewis requesting that certain pc
sons who were interested be heard. IN
why this action should be taken Is be
to understand, as the merits OF the me
surs are self evident.
al The act to incorporate the Belawa
Telephone Company which passed q
House this afternoon is very impol
liant measure. 1t names as incorpor
itors Jacob G. Brown, Robert H. SmiI
Edwin r. Cochran, John Wesley TIA
lor, Edward L. Martin, a. N. Brow
Thomas Bacon, Albert l.. Hudson, L
@. a.. Richards, Edwin d Burto
John p r. Polk, George W. Whitas'
Wilbur II. BIrnite, Edwin NJ. Steve
son, Edgar 81. Bancroft, james
Shallcross, William Z. Btggs, wills
in. Brown and Charles Barker. Unc
its provisions o company could be
gauizsd that would Prove power
lopponent to the Bell Company. 7
privileges granted are very colnprshe
s've.